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"WILLIAM W. BEACH, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGN OR 'IO THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY, -OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

)BARREL-CLEANING ',MAcHiNE.

SPECIFICATION forming vpart of Letters Patent No. 293,843,'dated February 19, 1884.

` Application niet August 13, 1983. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, WILLIAM W; BEACH, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an'Improved- Barrel-Cleaning Machine; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. l

This invention rela-tes to improvements in apparatus for cleaning and renovating barrelsthat have beenl used and preparing them for further use. Itis more especially intended to be used for Vcleaning oil-barrels which have been returned to be again filled after having been used in transporting oil; but it is also ap plicable for cleaning other kinds of barrels.

Hitherto,when barrels in which oil has been transported have been returned to be again filled, it has been usual to clean them by hand, which is a laborious and tedious process; but by means of my invention such barrels can be cleaned very rapidly by steampower or other suitable power, and at comparatively a very triilin g expense. In my improved machine theA barrel to be cleaned is clamped between two revolving chucks or heads of novel construction, which are driven by steam-power or other suitable power, and a brush orsweeper shaped to conform to the contour of the barrel is brought in contact therewith vwhile it is being rotated between said chucks. A brush is also simultaneously brought into contact with each head of the barrel for the purpose of cleaning them, and provision ismade for saturating the last-mcntioned brushes with naphthaor similar liquid, to remove the lettering and other marks that may have been placed thereon. By

' these means three or fourrevo'lutions of the zontally, and a brush formed to correspond to the contour of the barrel, together with appli-` ances, hereinafter particularly described, for bringing said-brush into-and out of contact with the barrel and for operating said clampl ingchucks; secondly, in the combination,with said chucks and brush, of two other brushes for simultaneously cleaning the heads of the barrel, said brushes being provided with ap pliances for keeping them in contact with the heads while the barrel is being rotated; and it further consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, all of which are hereinafter particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one end of the same. Figs. 3, It, and '5 are detailshereinafter referred to and explained.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same to -becleaned is clamped between the chucks y `B B', as shown in Fig. 1.

E is a brush or sweeper suspended over the barrel. by a rod, b, which latter `ispivoted at the end of a lever, F, that is fulcrumed on a post, c, on the top of the frame, and the free end of which extends beyond the end of the frame, as shown. The face of the brush E is curved to adapt it to the contour of the barrel, and said brush is raised by depressing the lever F, and whenever said lever is released the brush is brought evenly into contact with the barrel by the force of two coiled springs, ff', which are fitted between two pairs of bars, h, h vand It h', upon the guide-rods g g', the lower ends of which are attached to the two ends of the block d, to which the brush is secured. A

cord or chain, H, is attached to the outer endi of the lever F, and passed over pulleys (not shownin the drawings) which are fixed in any convenient position above the machine, and

to the other end of said cord H a weight, I, is attached, so that by the conjoint action of said weight and said springs ff the brush is pressed rmly and evenly against the sides of the barrel. Another-cord, H', is=also attached to the roo vof contact with the barrel, is passed over the end of a rod, K, secured to the frame of t-he machine.

L is a lever pivoted at one end on a bracket, Z, secured to the frame, the free end of which extends over and in contact with the rod K, so that whenever the end of the lever is pushed outward (in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 4) it pushes the ring J off the rod K, and thereby the lever Fis released and the brush E brought into contact with the barrel by means 'of the weight I and springs f f. Ordinarily I make the bristles of the brush E from wire, and in order to avoid the production of sparks by the friction, I use brass wire for the purpose. About N o. l5 gage is the proper sizeA of wire.

The rims m. m of the chucks B B are provided with beveled grooves, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, to receive the ends of the barrel, which fit thereinto; and the radial arms a n, which connect said rims with the hubs p p, are set at an angle, so that said chucks are made concave or dished for the purpose of receiving the brushes N N', which are pressed against the heads of the barrel for the purpose of cleaning the same while the barrel is being rotated. The shafts C C are hollow, and the shafts I P', to which the brushes N N' are attached, are passed through them. Coiled springs o oare fitted on the shafts I) P', between the backs of the brushes and the hubs p p', for the purpose of pressing said brushes against the heads of the barrel, and a longitudinal groove, r, is cut in each, into which is fitted a pin, s, to prevent the shafts I I from turning. The brushes N N may be made of hair or other suitable material, and for the purpose of removing the lettering or other marks that may be painted upon the heads of the barrel, said brushes may be saturated with naphtha or other similar liquid. For this purpose the shafts I P are made hollow or tubular, and connect at one end with the brush and at the other with a tube, t, through which the liquid is supplied from a tank or receptacle located in any convenient position.

The chuck B is arranged to move horizontally back and forth a short distance, for the purpose of clamping and releasing the bar rels as they are successively passed into the machine, by means of the following-described devices: R is a raclcbracket fitted to slide upon a bar, u, immediately above and parallel with the shaft C', which is operated by a toothed segment, IV, pivoted to an arm, S, secured to the frame, through the medium of a lever, T, which is attached at one end to the segment lV, its other end being extended toward the end of the lever L, so that both of said levers can be operated by the same person simultaneously. Fixed on one arm of said bracket is a pin, w, which enters a eireumferential groove in a flange, a, secured at the end of the shaft C, so that whenever said bracket is moved back and forth a corresponding movement is imparted to the chuck B. These devices are most plainly shown in Fig. 5, which is an elevation 011 an enlarged scale.

The operation is as follows: The barrels are rolled along an inclined tramway, Y, passing through the machine, and are lifted from the rails by two pairs of inclined bars, k k', onto which they pass, and are thereby brought to a level with the chucks. Supposing the ring J to be on the rod K, as shown, the belt a to be on the loose pulley l), and the chuck B drawn back to admit a barrel, and a barrel to be upon the bars k k, the attendant first draws forward the lever T, which clamps the barrel between the chucks. He then draws forward the lever L, which pushes the ring J off the rod K, thereby bringing the brush E into contact withthe barrel, and at the same time shifts the belt c onto the fast pulley D, the rod v to which the belt-shifter y is attached, being pivoted to the lever L at .2', and operated thereby, as shown in Fig. 4. The chucks being now in motion, the barrel is rotated thereby in contact with the several brushes, and when cleaned the attendant pushes back the lever L to shift the belt, then replaces the ring J on the rod K to lift the brush E, and then pushes back the leverV T to withdraw the chuck B. The barrel is then pushed off the bars 7c 7c and rollsdown the incline away from the machine. The bars kk are attached to the tramway Y, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

lVhat I claim as my invention is l. In a barrel-cleaning machine, the combination of a brush, E, shaped to conform to the contour of a barrel, and suspended by a rod, b, connected with a lever, F, for raising said brush, a pair of rotating chucks, B B', each constructed, as described, to clamp the barrel, the rack-bracket It, toothed segment XV, and lever T, for operating said chucks, and the guide-rods f/ f/ and springs f f', connected with said brush, forbringing the same in contact with the barrel, the whole constructed as described, for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the brush E and the chucks B and B', each constructed and operated as described, the brushes N and N', fitted upon the shafts I and l within the cavities of said chucks, and kept in contact with the heads of the barrel, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with the chucks B and B', the brush E, attached to the rod b, which is pivoted to the end of the lever F, the guide-rods g y and springs f f cords H and H, rod K, ring J, and weight I, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the chucks B B and their shafts C C', cach constructed as described, of the devices for rotating and stopping said chucks, said devices consisting of ICO IIO

WamS/13" l3 the lever L, rod K, ring J, pulleys D D', and with pin Iw, the toothed segment W, and lever belt-shifter 1, fixed upon the rod y and open T, said mok-bracket being fitted to sl1de on ated by said lever L, all constructed as shown the bar u, as and for the purpose set forth.

and described.

5. In eombinaton'with the 'chuck B and Witnesses: and its shaft G, the latter provided with the JOHNS. THORNTON, grooved flange x, the mok-bracket R, provided M. H. TOPPING.

WILLIAM BEACH. 

